PARIS—On Saturday evening, the last of its three performances at the Palais des Congrès, Shen Yun Performing Arts was greeted by a full house. Hadrien Ghomi, parliamentary assistant to Sen. Francois Patriat, found the show “very interesting and very enriching, with a great cultural diversity.”
“I think the costumes are beautiful, and the synchronization of the dancers is exceptional. … It was really beautiful.” It is rare to be able to see this kind of performance in the West, Mr. Ghomi said.
Laura Adam, a stage director currently working on “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” described the performance as one “where beauty predominates.” She said she was inspired by Shen Yun’s beautiful ideas, including the dance “Handkerchiefs in Flight,” in which the dancers send embroidered handkerchiefs flying.
She also appreciated the dance “Yellow Blossoms,” which showed a “good sense of aesthetic, with a very creative use of fans.”
Her young daughter agreed: “When the dancers closed their fans, it was as if they were transforming them into a bouquet of flowers!”
The young in the audience were particularly amused by the scenes of the Monkey King and an eccentric monk with superpowers.
